A 2nd BC Day?

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Topic has come up repeatedly over the years, and I brought it up on the show with an NTRA-BC guy Derby Week.. Thoro-Graph's Jerry Brown is one proponent I know of for it, and I like the idea a lot. Executionally, "they" say it's a problem for a variety of reasons (TV was the key issue), but that would seem to be less of an issue than it was when NBC had the broadcasts. If you did add a day, the logical races to add are a dirt mile and turf sprint, and possibly a juvenile (turf) mile which would attract lots of Euros.

I find BC day far too intense with the races coming way too fast to adjust to the opportunities.. If you go back a few years the races were spaced better with maybe an additional 7-9 min. between each.. TV of course found that too long a delay, so now they come at you like Jai Alai games..

Amen on this. If there was an hour between races I would feel rushed. It's tough to identify true winning oppourtunities on BC day, so you really need to pick your spots carefully ahead of time. I usually focus on 3 or 4 races I think I can make some fair coin and maybe one of the pick 4's where value can be had.

I also played an angle last year in the turf where I boxed the Euros for the super. It paid quite handsomely. So, in addition to fair preparation, a little lady luck is also needed.